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From: Stephen Arnott <sarnott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 09:18:23 +1100
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Anyone come across this before?
"Matter does not have but is force or energy. Only because it acts and acts on
others is it actual. The expression of force is force itself, not an effect
external to it. The externality of space-time relations in which this action
and reaction or resistance takes place defines forces as natural."
It's owing to Hegel, and is from, I think, the Encyclopedia. If anyone knows
the precise reference I would be most grateful. Any comments would be
appreciated also.
Could this be a definition of Deleuze'd concept of truth?
"Relativity does not mean - as in the common usage - a diminution of truth,
from which something more might have been expected; on the contrary, it is the
positive fulfilment and validation of the concept of truth. Truth is valid,
not
in spite of its relativity, but precisely on account of it."
"Relativism strives to dissolve into a relation every absolute that presents
itself, and proceeds in the same way with the absolute that offers itself as
the ground for this new relation. This is a never-ending process whose
heuristic eliminates the alternative: either to deny or accept the absolute."
"Only through the continuous dissolution of any rigid separateness into
interaction do we approach the functional unity of all elements of the
universe, in which the significance of each element affects everything else."
Steve
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Anyone come across this before?<br>
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"Matter does not <i>have</i> but <i>is</i> force or energy. Only
because it acts and acts on others is it actual. The expression of force
is force itself, not an effect external to it. The externality of
space-time relations in which this action and reaction or resistance
takes place defines forces as natural."<br>
<br>
It's owing to Hegel, and is from, I think, the Encyclopedia. If anyone
knows the precise reference I would be most grateful. Any comments would
be appreciated also.<br>
<br>
<br>
Could this be a definition of Deleuze'd concept of truth?<br>
<br>
"Relativity does not mean - as in the common usage - a diminution of
truth, from which something more might have been expected; on the
contrary, it is the positive fulfilment and validation of the concept of
truth. Truth is valid, not in spite of its relativity, but precisely on
account of it."<br>
<br>
"Relativism strives to dissolve into a relation every absolute that
presents itself, and proceeds in the same way with the absolute that
offers itself as the ground for this new relation. This is a never-ending
process whose heuristic eliminates the alternative: either to deny or
accept the absolute."<br>
<br>
"Only through the continuous dissolution of any rigid separateness
into interaction do we approach the functional unity of all elements of
the universe, in which the significance of each element affects
everything else."<br>
<br>
<br>
Steve</html>
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